Kearsney looks back and forward

The second day of the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival provided another great day of schoolboy rugby with some thrilling rugby, dogged defence and surprising upsets.  

In the biggest shock of the tournament so far, the highly rated Affies team from Pretoria were beaten by festival newcomers SACS from Cape Town and all three KZN teams lost their fixtures yesterday (Saturday).

Three teams go into the final day unbeaten – Grey College from Bloemfontein, Selborne College from East London and SACS from the Western Cape – which will add to the intensity of tomorrow’s (Monday’s) play.

The dominant, powerful Bloemfontein team narrowly beat HTS Middelburg 22-19 on the first day; and had the hosts holding their breath for the first three-quarters of their game yesterday, before surging ahead for a comfortable 22-10 win.  Selborne looked comfortable in their first game, beating Kearsney 48-7 and Menlo Park 28-20 yesterday.  SACS beat Dale College 22-12 on Thursday and Affies 13-10 yesterday.

These results bode well for an exciting final day; with great play expected from the Westville-SACS game at 09.30, Glenwood-Menlopark at 13.15, Grey-EG Jansen at 1.30 and the final game of the festival, Kearsney against Dale College at 15.45.

Fixtures Day 3, Easter Monday

08.30: KwaZulu-Natal Under-13 Provincial Development vs Highbury

09.30: Westville vs SACS

10.45: Glenwood vs Menlopark

12.00: HTS Middelburg vs Selborne

13.30: Grey Bloem vs Dr EG Jansen

14.30: Affies vs Framesby

15.45: Kearsney vs Dale

17.00: Awarding of Sharks Academy Bursaries

Results Days 1 & 2

Day 1

Selborne vs Kearsney, 48-7

SACS vs Dale, 22-12

Glenwood vs Menlopark, 31-0

Affies vs Dr EG Jansen, 41-5

Westville vs Framesby, 27-25

Grey Bloem vs HTS Middelburg, 22-19

Day 2

Dale College vs Westville, 22-10

Dr EG Jansen vs Framesby, 31-6

Grey College vs Kearsney, 28-10

HTS Middelburg vs Glenwood, 22-11

SACS vs Affies, 13-10

Selborne vs Menlopark, 28-20

From Kearsney